What is an automatic payment and how do I update or cancel one?

An automatic payment, also known as a subscription, billing agreement, or recurring payment, authorizes a merchant to charge you without signing in to your PayPal account.

You can set up an automatic payment with a merchant during checkout and the terms are available to view in your PayPal account afterwards. For more information on automatic payments, please visit our user agreement.

Here’s how to find your automatic payments on the PayPal website:  

1. Go to Account Settings.
2. Click Payment Preferences.
3. Click Set Automatic payments.
4. Select the merchant.

On this page, you can cancel the automatic payment and change the backup funding source.

Most automatic payments allow you to assign a specific payment method when you set them up. It means that this specific payment method will be prioritized for making the relevant automatic payment, even if you’ve chosen a different card or bank as your preferred way to make general payments with PayPal.

To update your automatic payment method on the app:

1. Tap Menu.
2. Tap Wallet.
3. Tap + across from "Manage autopay."  
4. Tap the merchant to view or update.
5. You can update your preferred payment method.